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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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