On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

