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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

