The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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