The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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