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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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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...
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Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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