The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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