The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Twin Cities Area
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

