The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

