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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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