Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown