The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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