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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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