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

