The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

