The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown