Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

