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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

