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