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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

