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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

