In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

