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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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