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...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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