The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Twin Cities Area
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

