George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Twin Cities Area
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston