The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston