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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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