The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Twin Cities Area
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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