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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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