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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

