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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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