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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

