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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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