The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

