The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

