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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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