In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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