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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

