The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City