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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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