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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
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...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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