As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

