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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

