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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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