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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

