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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown