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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens 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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In 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