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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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