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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

