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Twin Cities Area
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House 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...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake 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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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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