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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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