Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didnโt take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
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...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluthโs west end. Today, the park includes...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

