On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church 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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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