In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Twin Cities Area
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In 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