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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
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...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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