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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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