As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

