On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

