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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown