As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

