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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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