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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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