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