The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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