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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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