The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

