The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

