As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
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...

