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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

