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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
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...
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

