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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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