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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital 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