The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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