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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

