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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City