Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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