As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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