Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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