George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Twin Cities Area
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston