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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
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...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
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...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City