The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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