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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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