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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge 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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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