The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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