Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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