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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

