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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

