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...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

