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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul