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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
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...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston