The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

