The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

