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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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