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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

