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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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