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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
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...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

