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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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