The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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