The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

