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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

