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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

