Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

