The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor 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