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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
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...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

