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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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