George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Twin Cities Area
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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