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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown