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
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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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