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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

