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

