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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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