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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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