Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Twin Cities Area
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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