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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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