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