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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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