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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
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 Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown