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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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