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...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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