Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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