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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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