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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

