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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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