The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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