The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Twin Cities Area
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

