Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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