At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

