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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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