As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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