Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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