Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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