In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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