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