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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

