Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

