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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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