Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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