The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown