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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

