The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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