The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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