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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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