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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

