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