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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

