Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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