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