As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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