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