Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Twin Cities Area
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston