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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

