The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine 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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

