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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

