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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston