The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Twin Cities Area
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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