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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

