At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. Thatโs sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

