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
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...
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

