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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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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