Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Twin Cities Area
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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