Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
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...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor 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