Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

