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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

