The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

