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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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