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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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