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