In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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