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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

