The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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