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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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