In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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