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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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