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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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