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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

