Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston