Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Twin Cities Area
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

