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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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 Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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