The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

