University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Twin Cities Area
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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