In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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