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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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