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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

