The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

