Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Twin Cities Area
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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