Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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