Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown