The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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