Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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