As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

