As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

