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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

