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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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