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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center 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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

