Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

