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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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