In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Twin Cities Area
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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