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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

