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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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