The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 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...

