One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Twin Cities Area
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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