In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Twin Cities Area
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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