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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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