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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

