As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

