As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

