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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

