Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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