Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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