One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Twin Cities Area
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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