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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

