The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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