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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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