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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

