In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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