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