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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

