The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Twin Cities Area
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston