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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

