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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

