On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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