Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

