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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

