As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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