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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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