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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

