In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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