Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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