The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Twin Cities Area
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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