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