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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

