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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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