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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

