Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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