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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

