At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

