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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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