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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

