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