The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
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...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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