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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

