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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolisโ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesotaโs smallest town. The 2010 census...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

