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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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