On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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