The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

