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