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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown