In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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