Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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