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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
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...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

