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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

