Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
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