As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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