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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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