Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Twin Cities Area
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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