The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

