As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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