In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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