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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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