Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

