As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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