Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt 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...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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