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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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...

