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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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