At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Twin Cities Area
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

