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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown