Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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