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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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