The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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