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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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