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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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