The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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