On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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