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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

