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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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