In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor 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