Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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