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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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