As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

