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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

