The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

