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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

