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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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