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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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