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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

