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

