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
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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston