The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
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...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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