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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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