The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

