The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Twin Cities Area
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

