The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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