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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson 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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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