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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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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