The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

