As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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