University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Twin Cities Area
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

