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

