Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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