The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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