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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

