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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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