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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In 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