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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

