At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Twin Cities Area
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

