At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Twin Cities Area
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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