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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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