Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston