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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

