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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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