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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown