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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

