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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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