Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

