Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

