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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

