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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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