The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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