The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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