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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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