The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Twin Cities Area
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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