Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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