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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

