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The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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