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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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