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...
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

