The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion 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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

