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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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