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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

