Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
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