As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

