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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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