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
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

