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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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