James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Twin Cities Area
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

