The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Twin Cities Area
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston