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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

