Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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