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