Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Twin Cities Area
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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