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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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