Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park 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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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