Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

