One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Twin Cities Area
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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