The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluthโs west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

