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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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