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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

