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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

