The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Twin Cities Area
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

