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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

