George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Twin Cities Area
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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