The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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