Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...

