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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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