One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Twin Cities Area
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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