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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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