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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
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...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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