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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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