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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

