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