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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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