The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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