St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Twin Cities Area
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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