Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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