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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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