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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

