Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

