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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

