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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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