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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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