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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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