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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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