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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

