Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

