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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

