University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Twin Cities Area
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
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...

