In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
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...

