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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
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...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

