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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

