At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldnโt consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

