In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

