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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City