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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

