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...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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