The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

