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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown