Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown