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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
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...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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