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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories 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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

