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