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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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