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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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