Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

