The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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