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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

