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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

