As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

