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Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly 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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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