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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

