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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

