Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Twin Cities Area
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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