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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

