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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown