Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

