The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown