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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

