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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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