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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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