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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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