The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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