The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
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...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

