It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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