In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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