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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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