The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

