The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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