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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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