The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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