Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

