The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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 Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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