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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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