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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

