The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

