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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown