Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

