The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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