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