The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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