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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

