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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston