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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital 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