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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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