The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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