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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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