The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Twin Cities Area
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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