The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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