Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Twin Cities Area
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In 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