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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

