Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

