Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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