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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

