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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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