The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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