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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

