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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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