At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Twin Cities Area
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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