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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

