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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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