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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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