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

