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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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