In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Twin Cities Area
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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