As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

