The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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