Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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