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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

