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 Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

