The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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