The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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