Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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