The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

