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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
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...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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