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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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