Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Twin Cities Area
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

