As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale 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...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

