The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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