The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Twin Cities Area
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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