Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Twin Cities Area
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
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...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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