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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

