As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

