The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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