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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown