The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

