Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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