The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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