The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Twin Cities Area
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

