The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor 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