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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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