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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown