St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Twin Cities Area
Merchants National 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...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

