The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

