The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

