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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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