Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston