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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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