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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

