The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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