The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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