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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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