In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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