It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
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...
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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