One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Twin Cities Area
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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