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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
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...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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