The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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