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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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