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The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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