Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

