This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Twin Cities Area
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
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
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

