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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

