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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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