The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

