Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston