The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Twin Cities Area
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

