Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston