All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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