Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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