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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
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
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

