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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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