When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

