When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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