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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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